In 1971 Edward Bernays, the father of public relations said, “Public relations, effectively used, helps validate an underlying principle of our society–competition in the market place of ideas and things.” Fast forward 35 years, and that same philosophy still holds true in modern day
Picture this: A user of your new on-demand service just posted a story to her blog about a terrible experience, and major media outlets are now reporting on the story. Someone discovered your app is inadvertently making users’ private information public, and now they’re
Let’s face it – as PR professionals, there just aren’t enough hours in the day to cross off every item on our growing to-do lists. Even when falling into a routine and thinking we have a good handle on our workloads, our jobs are
You’re driven. This could be your first or your twenty-first tech gig. Maybe you’re a founder, a CEO, a CTO or the next unicorn. Like most business leaders or entrepreneurs, you’ve visited the trenches, probably been down and out, stressed about the next payroll
When we were kids, summer was the best time of the year: School was out, you got to go to camp, hang out with your friends and, best of all, no homework! While summer doesn’t have quite the same appeal as adults, it’s still
One of the most challenging aspects of running a company is hiring and retaining great employees. So how do organizations around the globe do it? For any business large or small, keeping A+ players for the long haul all boils down to corporate culture.
If it were possible to do something for free that would ultimately give you substantial return, wouldn’t you invest time into it? With more than 665 million daily active users on Facebook and over 500 million registered users on Twitter, companies can’t afford to
Journalists and PR professionals go together like peas and carrots (thanks, Forrest) – or at least we should. After all, without the media, where would public relations pros be? And conversely, journalists would have to do a bit more legwork without a little PR push
Twenty minutes. That’s how long it takes a story to break in today’s ever-connected world. With Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and the Internet at large, what used to be a two- to three-hour delay before a story hit is now down to the length of
This week, we’re launching an “Influencer Interview” series that will periodically take a closer look at leaders and trailblazers in the high technology and high-growth company fields. We knew we wanted the first Influencer Interview to be special, and I couldn’t think of a
